Who are we
We are an interdisciplinary team of engineers, chemists and biologists
taking inspiration from the nature to engineer versatile (nano)materials
and to create innovative drug delivery platform
for biomedical applications.
taking inspiration from the nature to engineer versatile (nano)materials
and to create innovative drug delivery platform
for biomedical applications.
What's new?
25 Jan 2023 Freeze's article "Construction of multiphasic membraneless organelles towards spontaneous spatial segregation and directional flow of biochemical reactions" was featured in RSC Chemical Science 
28 Sept 2022 Congratulations to Melody for receiving Special student award in Rohto Awards 2022 
23 Aug 2022 Congratulations to our alumnus Dr. Weiping Wang, assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy at HKU for winning the China’s Excellent Young Scientists Fund 2022 award (中國國家自然科學基金2022年度優秀青年科學家). 
July 2022 Leo has passed his MSc. exam. 
20 June 2022 Congratulations to Melody for wining the BIEN PG Award for Excellent Research. 
31 May 2022 Melody- HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award, 2022 
26 May 2022 
14 Jan 2022 Melody and Laurence and Freeze- Champion of 2022 HKSTP Hong Kong Techathon (Humanities and Health Tech) Learn more |
5 Aug 2022 NEW PUBLICATION from Ghodsieh & Laurence on "Stochastic lattice based-modelling of macromolecule release from degradable hydrogel" Learn more 
15 July 2022 Jianhui's article "Minimalist design of mimetic of intrinsic disordered protein" was featured in ACS Central Science 
14 June 2022 Congratulations to Jianhui for receiving the Best PG Award for Excellent Research from Chemical and Biological Department,CBE. 
31 May 2022 Atta Chang- Second Runner-up , 2022 Mr Armin and Mrs Lillian Kitchell Undergraduate Research Award 
6 April 2022 NEW PUBLICATION from Jianhui and Freeze on "Nucleic Acids Modulate Liquidity and Dynamics of Artificial Membraneless Organelles" Learn more 
19 November 2021 Congratulations to Prof. Chau for being selected as Leading Woman in STEM, 2021 American Chamber of Commerce and Women of Influence Awards |
4 Aug 2022 Congratulations to Melody for receiving the CBE Best TA award! 
30 July 2022 NEW PUBLICATION from Mary on "Fusogenic peptide modification to enhance gene delivery by peptide-DNA nano-coassemblies" Learn more 
22 June 2022 Congratulations to Melody and AIMGEL team for wining the pitch prize in final competition and award ceremony of the HKUST-SINO ONE MILLION DOLLAR entrepreneurship competition 2022 
7 June 2022 NEW PUBLICATION from Mary and Atta on "mRNA delivery and storage by co-assembling nanostructures with designer oligopeptides" Learn more 
30 May 2022 Atta, Sophia, Sandy and Dawn- CBE Best FYP Award, 2022 
21 March 2022 NEW PUBLICATION from Jianhui and Freeze on "Minimalist design of intrinsically disordered protein-mimicking scaffold for artificial membraneless organelle" 
8 Oct 2021 NEW PUBLICATION from Mary and Rong on "Altered Peptide Self-Assembly and Co-Assembly with DNA by Modification of Aromatic Residues" Learn more |
